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MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid, Version 5
Entry ID: MYD10A2V5

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Summary
Abstract: The MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid (MYD10A2) data set contains data fields for maximum snow cover extent over an eight-day compositing period and a chronology of snow occurrence observations in compressed Hierarchical Data Format-Earth Observing System (HDF-EOS) format, along with corresponding metadata. MOD10A2 consists of 1200 km by 1200 km tiles of 500 m resolution data gridded ... View entire text
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 90.0   S: -90.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: G. Riggs, D. Hall, V. Salomonson
Dataset Title: MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid, Version 5
Dataset Release Date: 2006-12-18
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Version: 5
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/myd10a2v5.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2002-07-04
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Science Keywords
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Platform
AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA Ancillary Description
Instrument
MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Ancillary Description
Spectroradiometers Ancillary Description
Project
Quality Quality indicators for MODIS snow data can be found in the following places:
* AutomaticQualityFlag and the ScienceQualityFlag metadata objects and their corresponding explanations: AutomaticQualityFlagExplanation and ScienceQualityFlagExplanation located in the CoreMetadata.0 global attributes
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Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Data Center
NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199
Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc at nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
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Personnel
DAVID ALLEN BATCHELOR
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: 301-286-2988
Email: David.A.Batchelor at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 561.0
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Zirker, J. B., ed., Coronal Holes and High Speed Wind Streams (Boulder,
Colorado Univ. Assoc. Press), 1977.

Sturrock, P. A., ed. Solar Flares (Boulder, Colorado Univ. Assoc. Press),
1980.
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-07-28

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